Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Sans abri, 1997

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Sans-abri

1997
Late period
45,0cm
x 35,5cm
paper
watercolour
Private collection

CID

2347

    English title

    Homeless

    Signed/dated

    Signed and dated Constant '97, bottom right in black pencil
    Tags
    Man
    People
    Portrait

    Frame dimensions

    No

    Image

    Constant Nieuwenhuys-4 dessins préparatoires pour Casanova-2, 1975

    Photographer

    Tom Haartsen

    Image

    Image

    Image

    Image

    4 dessins préparatoires pour Casanova

    1975
    Late period
    21,0cm
    x 25,0cm
    ink
    paper
    Private collection, NL

    CID

    2337

      English title

      4 Drawings in Preparation for Casanova

      Signed/dated

      Signed Constant, bottom right in ink

      Provenance

      1975 Constant
      Collection unknown
      2002 Christie's
      2002 Collection Jaski
      2018 Private Collection, NL
      Tags
      Erotica
      Flower
      Guitar
      Literature
      Love
      Man
      Nude
      Penis
      Sex
      Woman

      Frame dimensions

      52,2 x 55,5 x 2,8 cm

      Image

      Constant Nieuwenhuys-De monniken, 1982

      Photographer

      Tom Haartsen

      De monniken

      1982
      Late period
      45,0cm
      x 45,0cm
      lavis
      watercolour
      Collection MinBuZa, Parijs

      CID

      2335

        English title

        The Monks

        Signed/dated

        Signed and dated Constant '82, bottom right in pencil and signed Constant, bottom center in red ink
        Tags
        Man
        People
        Religion

        Frame dimensions

        No

        Image

        Constant Nieuwenhuys-Winterreise II, ca 1989

        Photographer

        Tom Haartsen

        Die Winterreise [I]

        1989
        Late period
        42,0cm
        x 47,0cm
        paper
        watercolour
        Private collection, NL

        CID

        2328

        Circa 1989.
        Inspired by Schubert's Winterreise.

          English title

          Winter Journey [I]

          Signed/dated

          Signed Constant, bottom right in pencil
          Tags
          Landscape
          Man
          Music

          Frame dimensions

          No

          Image

          Constant Nieuwenhuys-Die Krähe, 1989

          Photographer

          Tom Haartsen

          Der Wegweiser

          1989
          Late period
          39,5cm
          x 33,0cm
          paper
          watercolour
          Collection unknown

          CID

          2327

          "Der Wegweiser" is song 20 of the 24 songs from Winterreise by Franz Schubert. It's a tribute to the poet Wilhelm Müller on whose poems Winterreise is based. At the bottom of the watercolor Constant has written in pencil "Krähe lass mich endlich sehn Treue biss zum Grabe" which is actually a line from song 15, Die Krähe while in the picture Constant obviously depicts Der Wegweiser.

            English title

            The Crow

            Signed/dated

            Signed and dated Constant '89, bottom right in pencil

            Provenance

            Constant
            1991 Collection unknown (Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg)
            Tags
            Man
            Music

            Frame dimensions

            No

            Image

            Constant Nieuwenhuys-Trotski, 1988

            Photographer

            Tom Haartsen

            Trotski

            1988
            Late period
            49,8cm
            x 34,6cm
            paper
            watercolour
            Private collection

            CID

            2324

              English title

              Trotsky

              Alternate titles

              Trotzky
              1990

              Signed/dated

              Signed and dated Constant '88, bottom right in pencil
              Tags
              Man
              People
              Portrait

              Frame dimensions

              No

              Image

              Constant Nieuwenhuys-Man met hond, 1949

              Photographer

              Tom Haartsen

              Man en hond

              1949
              Cobra
              45,6cm
              x 74,6cm
              linen
              oil paint
              Collection Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL

              CID

              2308

                English title

                Man and Dog

                Alternate titles

                Man en hond
                1949 Archive entry

                Signed/dated

                Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom center in black pencil

                Provenance

                1949 Constant
                Collection Hans Sonnenberg, NL
                2017 Collection Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL (donation Hans Sonnenberg)
                Tags
                Animal
                Black
                Brown
                Dog
                Man
                People
                Red
                White

                Frame dimensions

                No

                Image

                Constant Nieuwenhuys-De mandolinist, 1995

                Photographer

                Tom Haartsen

                De Mandolinespeler

                1995
                Late period
                105,0cm
                x 110,0cm
                linen
                oil paint
                Private collection

                CID

                2298

                  English title

                  The Mandolin Player

                  Alternate titles

                  Le joueur de mandoline
                  ?

                  Signed/dated

                  Signed and dated Constant '95, center right in black paint on red fond
                  Tags
                  Guitar
                  Man
                  Music

                  Frame dimensions

                  No

                  Image

                  Constant Nieuwenhuys-L'homme au couteau, 1982

                  Photographer

                  Tom Haartsen

                  L'homme au couteau

                  1982
                  Late period
                  60,0cm
                  x 45,0cm
                  paper
                  watercolour
                  Collection Hilary Gerard, London, UK

                  CID

                  2292

                    English title

                    The Man with the Knife

                    Alternate titles

                    De messentrekker | Collection d'art
                    1982
                    The Knife Fighter | Constant. Watercolors
                    1995

                    Signed/dated

                    Signed and dated Constant '82, bottom left in white gouache

                    Provenance

                    1982 Constant
                    1982 Collection d'art
                    1982 Collection Herman Kater, NL
                    2005 Sotheby's
                    2005 Collection Hilary Gerard, London, UK
                    Tags
                    Agression
                    Black
                    Man
                    Portrait

                    Frame dimensions

                    No

                    Image

                    Constant Nieuwenhuys-Gele mens, 1949

                    Photographer

                    Tom Haartsen

                    Yellow Man

                    1949
                    Cobra
                    47,0cm
                    x 49,0cm
                    gouache
                    paper
                    Private Collection, NL

                    CID

                    2250

                      Alternate titles

                      Yellow Man
                      1949 Archive Entry
                      Uomo giallo
                      1966
                      Man and bird
                      2015

                      Signed/dated

                      Signed and dated Constant '49, bottom right from center in pencil

                      Provenance

                      Constant
                      1966 Collection Hollander, NY, USA [bought at Biennal Venice]
                      Collection Benjamin D. Bernstein, Philadelphia, USA
                      Collection Tom Okker, NL [in the eighties, acquired from B. D. Bernstein]
                      2021 Private Collection, NL [bought at online-auction Christie's Lot 45 "Made in Holland]
                      Tags
                      Animal
                      Bird
                      Black
                      Green
                      Man
                      Purple
                      Red
                      Yellow

                      Frame dimensions

                      No